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INTERVIEW WITH MARCIA MARCUS

MM: You've seen the show and therefore you have feelings about it and you've read all the reviews and [[strikethrough]] some [[/strikethrough]] other [[strikethrough]] things and the same with those other things [[/strikethrough]] material. Then it becomes a question of what's left that strikes you as the question to ask. I really don't like to talk about [[strikethrough]] it [[/strikethrough]] my work and I suppose it would be good for me in the larger context of my career if I were able to literally say what I do and how I do it and why I do it, and all that kind of garbage. I [[strikethrough]] strongly [[/strikethrough]] don't believe in it, because it is a visual experience - and there's nothing I can say that's better than looking at the painting. On the other hand, [[strikethrough]] since [[/strikethrough]] I'm supposed to be interviewed. [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] the best interview, which I never unfortunately saw a transcript of, was done by someone who had known me for twenty years and [[strikethrough]] therefore [[/strikethrough] was [[strikethrough]] also [[/strikethrough]] very knowledgeable about art, [[strikethrough]] Therefore, he [[/strikethrough]] knew my work, knew me, and was [[strikethrough]] just a [[/strikethrough]] very relaxed [[strikethrough]] person [[/strikethrough]] about the whole thing so it was a much more natural experience but still it wasn't a great experience. Some people love to talk about their work. I hate it. Next, 2 question is up to you. 

EY: Well, I had read something to that effect and...

MM: I probably wrote it.

EY: No, it was in the other reviews, and I just wondered it that had an effect on the way you work in translating - in other-words is there a danger for someone to take your subject matter too literally?

MM: Yes, because I want it to be a [[strikethrough]] painting [[/strikethrough]] visual experience. If I look at a painting that really turns me on and I can stand it for a half hour, I get a feeling that to me is not easily translatable into words and I would like to have that happen to other people looking at my work [[strikethrough]] and I've saved from having to answer questions about it [[/strikethrough]]. For instance, the significance of something or why did I do that. A girl this morning asked me about her painting and said that she was being criticized for the content, and I told her to tell people that she did it because she liked it; [[strikethrough]] Because [[/strikethrough]] she wanted to. That's the only reason that anyone does anything. I